Proverbs 6:9
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
In Context
8Provideth her bread in the summer, and gatherest her food in the harvest.
10'Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep' —
Cross References
Psalms 94:8Consider, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye understand?
Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 26:14The door is turning upon its hinges, and the sluggard is still upon his bed.
Jeremiah 4:14O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy baleful thoughts lodge within thee?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:7-12
Slothfulness Reproved. 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. Solomon, in these verses, addresses himself to the sluggard who loves… Read the whole commentary →